Hip hop has its roots in self-expression and addressing oppressive constructs – originally addressing race and class, underground hip hop continues to tackle more issues including sexism, able-ism, homophobia, transphobia, other race issues, and way way more – leading into sub-genres of crip-hop, queer hip hop and way way more. Here's some titles for the […]
If you love sketching and free-style drawing, do check out Justin Bua's The Legends of Hip Hop. Did you know, he just kept drawing what he loved – the hip-hop scene – even though adults in his life said his art wasn't 'real'? Way to go Justin. Now, can we get Queen Latifah on all […]
Record Collecting for Girls: unleashing your inner music nerd, one album at a time. OK, so I kinda lament the "for girls" part – but this book is a great gateway for opening record collecting for women/girls. Totally a boys club, this book gets you into the lingo and how to identify that Mint Mono […]
Albert Campbell District Branch had the most votes at 2,121. There was lots of support for the other awesome and great posters. THANK YOU!! to all who created these great posters. The prize? A variety-pack of fresh, very rad hardcover YA titles. And THANK YOU to all who voted!! Here are the poll results: […]
Music docs. There's a zillion of them. Here's a quick guide to a few available at TPL and some places to start discovering way more. For those really hard-to-find flicks, head over to Queen Video or Suspect Video or any underground indie video shop I assure you they have 1000% more underground stuff than that website […]
One of my favourite books on the recommended music list is Punk Rock and Trailer Parks. The Baron, the main character, is pretty epic in his transition from band geek to punk rocker and his own hangover with the punk scene's demise. A bit raunchy and rude, it is the essence of summer. Punk. There's […]
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Too cool to miss!! – this free opportunity on how-to music production for women and trans. What is music production? Setting up your own recording set up at home, learning how to configure, build, use wiring, patches and more. Presented with some very awesome Toronto musicians. Why for women and trans? Because the music industry […]
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